Man arrested for assaulting Muslim vendor

2020-04-11

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mohammed Saleem
  • Date of Incident 2020-04-11
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Praveen Babbar
  • State Delhi
  • City/District Delhi, South Delhi, Delhi
  • Party in Power AAP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident South Delhi, Delhi
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Praveen Babbar was booked under Indian Penal code 153 and 355. He asked a vendor his name. Upon finding out that the individual is a Muslim, Praveen started to physically assualt Mohammad Saleem the vendor. He shouted that muslims were doing jihad. He used a stick to hit Mohammed Saleem. The video was shared across social media platforms.